Monte E. Ford

by Justin Cates
Monte E. Ford
Principal Partner, Chief Information Officer
Strategy Exchange
Serves on Board of Directors for: Akamai Technologies Inc., Iron Mountain Incorporated, JetBlue, Michaels Companies, Inc.

Monte E. Ford is Principal Partner at the Chief Information Officer Strategy Exchange, an organization of the top 50 sitting Chief Information Officers in business.

Ford was Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of Aptean Software and CIO of AMR Corporation and Associates First Capital. At Aptean, Ford was responsible for all aspects of the company’s business. At American Airlines, his duties included AMR’s information technology services (ITS) group, Operations Research and the airline’s award-winning website, AA.com.

Widely regarded as a leader in the field of information technology, Ford has been recognized as one of the “50 Smartest People in Technology” by Fortune magazine.

Ford has held executive management positions with The Associates First Capital Corporation, Bank of Boston and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Ford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

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